THE 2551 TRILOGY

Welcome to the unearthly visions of Austrian fine artist / filmmaker Norbert Pfaffenbichler’s “2551 Trilogy”: a staggering combination of avant-garde silent cinema, post-apocalyptic horror action, dystopian political nightmare and industrial death metal. In Norbert’s nightmare subterranean world, a spine-chilling assortment of mutants and masked monstrosities collide with superstition and magic. Not for the faint of heart, this is experimental stuff for fans of SILENT HILL, ERASERHEAD, MAD GOD, BEGOTTEN, and (unbelievably) Charlie Chaplin.

These films can be booked separately, or as a triple bill:

2551.01 – THE KID (2021, 65 min.) During a violent uprising, the Apeman absconds with The Kid who’s decked out in a burlap sack mask and is clutching a deformed mummy-doll. So begins the epic odyssey of the resilient Apeman and vulnerable child struggling to stay together in an underground world where the mutant dregs of civilization barely eke out an existence.

2551.02 – THE ORGY OF THE DAMNED (2023, 83 min.) Separated from The Kid at the end of Part 01, the Apeman descends into a dungeon labyrinth of surreal sexual depravity, searching for a female wrestler in a luchadora mask. Meanwhile, The Kid is brutally indoctrinated into the ways of oppression by the police state.

2551.03 – THE END (2025, 82 min.) Years have gone by, but the Apeman still searches for the now-grown Kid, who’s become an Inspector for the police state. Meanwhile, the carnival-masked Dictator lords over goblin markets selling crucified monkeys and alchemists hawking living homunculi in jars. Part 03’s the most Lynchian of the Trilogy: after entering an anti-matter dimension, the Apeman emerges as the Apewoman and wreaks vengeance on the tools of the oppressive regime.